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This Newark school building was shuttered in 2012. Now, it’s becoming a homeless shelter. Updated Feb 25, 2021; Posted Feb 25, 2021 Mayor Ras Baraka announces the conversion of a former school into a shelter on Miller Street in Newark on Thursday, February 25, 2021John Jones | For NJ Advance Media Facebook Share Miller Street Elementary School closed in 2012, but now officials expect the building to become transitional housing for men, women and families by September. The shelter will feature a commercial kitchen and drop-in center for people to use individual bathrooms, showers, laundry...

Credit: (AP Photo/David Goldman, File) File photo: Child undergoing COVID-19 swab test Testing students for the coronavirus is poised to become the latest flashpoint as Newark prepares to reopen classrooms this spring. The district has purchased air purifiers, desktop barriers, and hundreds of thousands of face masks, and is requiring teachers to test negative before returning to school buildings, which have been closed for nearly a year. But with in-person learning scheduled to resume in April, the district still hasn’t decided whether to test students for COVID-19 — a safety measure t...

NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) -- The two largest cities in New Jersey announced Friday that due to the high COVID-19 transmission rate, school buildings will stay closed to in-person learning through at least April. Students enrolled in the Jersey City and Newark public schools will remain in Phase I of remote learning through April 21, 2021, officials said, with a decision forthcoming for after that date. The districts are expected to release further information within the next week. The decision comes amid heightened concerns from teachers and union officials regarding the continued spread of t...

N.J.’s largest school district to stay all-remote until April due to COVID outbreak Updated Jan 07, 2021; , a special resource guide created for parents, students and educators. Newark Public Schools announced Wednesday that students would continue with remote class until April 12 due to the coronavirus outbreak. Students were scheduled to begin returning to in-person classes on Jan. 25. But the plan was opposed by Newark Teachers Union President John Abeigon, Chalkbeat first reported. “We don’t want to play ping pong with the economy of our parents,” Abeigon told NJ Advance Media o...

All kids should get COVID-19 tests before returning to school this month, N.J. teachers union says Updated Jan 04, 2021; Posted Jan 03, 2021 Nicholas Costa, center, a first grade student at St. Benedict's Preparatory School in Newark got a COVID-19 throat swab test as his mother, Analisa Branco, watched on Dec. 16. The private school is among those with in-school coronavirus testing for students, staff and their families.Patti Sapone | NJ Advance Media Facebook Share , a special resource guide created for parents, students and educators. Before they sit down at their classroom desks again ...